What fun was this! Thanks for the suggestions and the form. What's next Haikus? Prose-poems? Rules rules rules... Human

My faves (There are so many, but I stuck to 5)
Vik-

i’ve walked on these boards before, laughing, crying, singing
in the skin of beggars, liars, thieves, and priests.

butter, garlic, onions, peppers, pork, & cumin
stir over fire and serve to the righteous

two colombian sisters, one like coffee the other
like cocaine... both keep me up at night

all the air is clogged by sunshine and smiles,
i overheard two birds plotting my destruction

told my girl that i loved her and someone
overheard... embarrassment is just silly

Adv.

she had a black umbrella, told me she found it on the El. told her about mine,
from my father. and she said it sounded like a woman’s, cuz' a the colors.

sunlight eased up the windows in one long exhalation
copper in golden blossom, then flames drained amber away

she said, “they made fun of me”
“death,” he said, “does make us feel stupid”

Carlos has landed in Cali today and no longer needs
the worn foto he kept like a map to a private treasure

the blind man came to watch thoughts grow into wishes
and now memory is tended by volunteer in a glass house

Hab-

I shook hands with Muang Thai in August.
It's been August for over seven months.

The world clicks around the sidestreets in new heels.
She shakes her way into another week.

mutt bitches fight over mango peels
lungs adapt to mountain air

all lotion is whitening lotion. all models are white.
drink milk while you're pregnant and you will get white babies.

There are gym shoes, taxis, and staplers in every color.
The rainbow left its lover in the bathtub smoking cloves.